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| Yemen arrests countrys second arms dealer |
| 2010-02-02 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Yemen on Sunday arrested the second biggest arms dealer in the country just days after the capture of another top dealer, whose weapons depot was stolen by rebels fighting the government in the north, Al Arabiya TV reported. Hussein Hussein was arrested along with his son "without confrontation" in northern Saada province and were transported by helicopter to the capital Sanaa, a local security source said The arrest came four days after authorities arrested Sheikh Fares Manaa, a brother of Saada's governor, and the biggest arms dealer in the country. The government had put Manaa's name at the top of a blacklist of arms dealers published on the front page of the official Ath-Thawra newspaper last October. Houthi rebels stole from several arms depots belonging to Manaa a month ago, but he failed to inform the authorities immediately, allowing time for the rebels to escape with 20 truckloads of arms, according to the source. The incident angered Sanaa, which has been fighting the Shiite rebels in the north of the country sporadically since 2004. Manaa formerly headed a committee mediating in the war between the government and the Houthis Yemen does not have laws to prohibit arms trade and gun ownership is an essential part of Yemeni culture. The country has an estimated 60 million firearms in private hands, roughly three for every man, woman and child. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Or his real estate holdings seaside in, say, Libya. |
| Posted by: lotp 2010-02-02 08:35 |
| #1 whose weapons depot was "stolen" by rebels check his bank balance |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-02-02 08:06 |